Prequelle also debuted at #1 in Sweden, Norway, and Finland, #1 at Rock in the UK, and in the Top 10 overall in the UK, Germany (#2), France (#4), Australia, and Mexico. This follows over 25,000 album pre-orders (the highest in their career), over 5 Million pre-release streams of first single “Rats”, and the announcement of their first ever headline arena dates. “Rats” is currently #4 at Active Rock Radio, and was the #1 National Rock Song of the Week (Music Choice).

Additionally, Ghost today announced a massive North American fall tour including their previously announced headline arena dates at The Forum in Los Angeles, CA and Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY that will kick off on November 1 in Chicago, IL and wrap on December 15 in Brooklyn, NY. Pre-sale tickets for the tour will be available beginning June 12 at 10:00am local time and general tickets will be available to the public beginning June 15 at 10:00 am local time HERE. VIP packages will be available HERE. A complete list of upcoming live dates can be found below.

Released on June 1, Prequelle is available digitally and physically via Loma Vista Recordings now HERE. Limited edition merch bundles are available exclusively in the Ghost Shop HERE. Ghost is currently featured on five collectible covers of Revolver Magazine’s June/July issue, which is available now HERE. Read the story online HERE. On June 14, Ghost will join legendary metal band Candlemass to honor Metallica by performing one of their songs as members Lars Ulrich and Robert Trujillo are presented with the Polar Music Prize by the King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf.

Ghost announced Prequelle (pronounced pr?-KWELL) alongside the album’s lead single “Rats” on April 13, 2018 and introduced fans to the band’s new singer Cardinal Copia. Watch his ascension to frontman in Prequelle Chapters 1-3 HERE. Last month, the band treated fans to an early listen of the album’s second song “Dance Macabre” with the first-ever Instagram Stories song premiere. With over 5 million streams in three weeks, the track is the band’s fastest streaming song to date. Lyrically, Prequelle delves into the plague, the apocalypse, and dark ages. The entire body of work is also a snapshot of the world in which we live in on a daily basis, brought to life through an emotive, enlightening, and riveting body of songs.

Prequelle follows Ghost’s third studio album, Meliora, and its accompanying EP Popestar, which elevated the Swedish rock band into the pantheon of the greatest rock bands on earth and resulted in a Grammy® Award for ‘Best Metal Performance’. Meliora debuted at No. 1 at Independent Retail, No. 2 at Rock, and in the Top 10 on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums Chart, selling over a quarter million copies globally. The band made their network television debut performing the album’s lead single “Cirice” on CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Popestar debuted at the No. 1 position on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums and Hard Rock Albums chart and produced an Active Rock chart topper with “Square Hammer”.

Grammy® Award-winning band GHOST have released a new video clip titled “Chapter 2: Introducing the Cardinal” in which they rollout a “new” frontman. Check out the clip below.

Last December, Ghost release the live double-album Ceremony And Devotion, which was recorded during their critically exalted Popestar tour during the summer of 2017, and features fan favorites spanning the band’s entire catalogue from Opus Eponymous (2010) to Infestissumam (2013) to Meliora (2015) to the Popestar EP (2016). The album documents Ghost’s unforgettable live show in pursuit of becoming the world’s next great arena band.

Ghost will kick off their ‘Rats On The Road’ U.S. Tour on May 5, 2018 in Riverside, CA, and visit US cities throughout the Spring.

Grammy® Award-winning band GHOST have released a new video clip titled “Chapter One: New Blood” in which they tease the introduction of a “new” frontman. Check out the clip.

Last December, Ghost release the live double-album Ceremony And Devotion, which was recorded during their critically exalted Popestar tour during the summer of 2017, and features fan favorites spanning the band’s entire catalogue from Opus Eponymous (2010) to Infestissumam (2013) to Meliora (2015) to the Popestar EP (2016). The album documents Ghost’s unforgettable live show in pursuit of becoming the world’s next great arena band.

Ghost will kick off their ‘Rats On The Road’ U.S. Tour on May 5, 2018 in Riverside, CA, and visit US cities throughout the Spring.

Ghost US Tour Dates

May 05, 2018 – Riverside, CA – RMA

May 06, 2018 – Tucson, AZ – Tucson Music Hall

May 08, 2018 – Houston, TX – Revention

May 10, 2018 – Chattanooga, TN – Tivoli

May 11, 2018 – Cincinnati, OH – The Taft Theatre

May 12, 2018 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore

May 13, 2018 – Columbus, OH – Express Live

May 15, 2018 – Port Chester, NY – The Capitol Theatre

May 16, 2018 – Syracuse, NY – Crouse Hinds Theater

May 18, 2018 – Pittsburgh, PA – Benedum Center

May 19, 2018 – Philadelphia, PA – WMMR BBQ

May 20, 2018 – Washington, DC – Warner Theatre

May 22, 2018 – Asheville, NC – Thomas Wolfe Auditorium

May 23, 2018 – Nashville, TN – Tennessee PAC

May 25, 2018 – St. Louis, MO – Peabody Opera House

May 26, 2018 – Pryor, OK – Rocklahoma

May 27, 2018 – Memphis, TN – Cannon Center

May 29, 2018 – Ft. Wayne, IN – The Clyde Theater

May 31, 2018 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theater

June 01, 2018 – St. Paul, MN – The Palace Theater

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Grammy® Award-winning band Ghost today announced a tour that will kick off on May 5, 2018 in Riverside, CA, and visit US cities throughout the Spring. Tickets and VIP packages for the Rats On The Road Tour will go on sale on this Saturday, March 3rd at http://ghost-official.com/.

Last December, Ghost release the live double-album Ceremony And Devotion, which was recorded during their critically exalted Popestar tour during the summer of 2017, and features fan favorites spanning the band’s entire catalogue from Opus Eponymous (2010) to Infestissumam (2013) to Meliora (2015) to the Popestar EP (2016). The album documents Ghost’s unforgettable live show in pursuit of becoming the world’s next great arena band.

Ceremony And Devotion is available digitally via iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Google Play, and physically on double CD and double LP. Exclusive, limited edition “translucent tigers eye” colored vinyl and bundles including a lenticular poster, limited edition 8-track, and t-shirt, are available exclusively in the Ghost Shop HERE.

Ghost’s most recent studio album, Meliora, and its accompanying EP Popestar, elevated the Swedish rock band into the pantheon of the greatest rock bands on earth and resulted in a Grammy® Award for ‘Best Metal Performance’. Meliora debuted at No. 1 at Independent Retail, No. 2 at Rock, and in the Top 10 on Billboard’s Top 200 Album Chart, selling over a quarter million copies globally. Popestar debuted at the No. 1 position on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums and Hard Rock Albums chart and produced an Active Rock chart topper with “Square Hammer”.

Along the way Ghost have racked up both widespread critical acclaim and adoration from a legion of fans across the globe.

Grammy® Award-winning band Ghost have announced the Popestar U.S. headlining tour – a 35 city run that will include two rituals at The Wiltern in Los Angeles this coming October. Tickets for these dates will be available for purchase beginning Friday, June 17th at 10:00 AM local time. Tickets purchased for select shows will include a digital download of new music that will be made available the day their Fall rituals begin. Check out http://ghost-official.com for participating dates and details. VIP packages are also available. See below for a complete list of dates and for more information on upcoming appearances, click HERE.

Papa Emeritus III and his nameless ghouls were awarded a Grammy® earlier this year for ‘Best Metal Performance’. Their most recent album Meliora was released on August 21, 2015 and debuted at No. 1 at Independent Retail, No. 2 at Rock, and in the Top 10 (#8) on Billboard’s Top 200 Album Chart. The band capped off a landmark 2015 with their late night television debut on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s Halloween show on CBS with a rousing performance of their offering “Cirice”, which reached the No. 3 at radio at Active Rock and Mainstream Rock.

Rave reviews for Meliora include Rolling Stone: “Generally speaking, the band has done more to bring blasphemous, religion-skewering devil rock to the mainstream masses than perhaps any act since Marilyn Manson.” Entertainment Weekly: “One of the most exciting bands on the worldwide hard rock stage.” Metal Injection: “All hail Ghost and its masterwork, Meliora.” Noisey: “Ghost is back and cracking skulls.” Fox 5 New York distinguished them as “one of the most controversial bands in the world”. To read The Huffington Post‘s recent feature with the band click HERE.

Popestar U.S. Tour Dates

September 16 – Rochester, NY – The Armory

September 19 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE

September 21 – Cleveland, OH – Masonic Auditorium

September 23 – Memphis, TN – Minglewood Hall

September 27 – Tulsa, OK – Brady Theater

September 28 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant

September 30 – Kansas City, MO – Arvest Bank at Midland Theatre

October 1 – Madison, WI – Sonic Boom Festival

October 2 – Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life

October 3 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore

October 4 – Kalamazoo, MI – Kalamazoo State Theatre

October 5 – Cedar Rapids, IA – Paramount Theatre

October 7 – Denver, CO – Paramount Theatre

October 8 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex

October 9 – Missoula, MT – The Wilma Theatre

October 11 – Calgary, AB – MacEwan Hall

October 13 – Vancouver, BC – The Vogue Theater

October 14 – Seattle, WA – The Moore Theater

October 15 – Eugene, OR – McDonald Theater

October 16 – Portland, OR – The Rosalind Theater

October 18 – Riverside, CA – Riverside Municipal Auditorium

October 20 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern

October 21 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern

October 22 – Las Vegas, NV – The Brooklyn Bowl

October 25 – Phoenix, AZ – Comerica Theatre

October 27 – Lubbock, TX – City Bank Auditorium

October 28 – San Antonio, TX – The Aztec Theater

October 31 – Little Rock, AR – Metroplex

November 2 – Orlando, FL – The Hard Rock

November 3 – Miami Beach, FL – Fillmore Miami Beach

November 4 – Jacksonville, FL – The Florida Theatre

November 5 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore

November 7 Raleigh, NC – The Ritz

November 9 – Toronto, ON – Queen Elizabeth Theatre

November 11 – Montreal, QC – Metropolis

November 12 – Brooklyn, NY – Kings Theatre

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